ArtRageUS E-magazine - the ArtRage Digital Artist Magazine
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A magazine for ArtRage artists, by ArtRage artists: "For Ragers By Ragers" 
It is independent of the actual ArtRage company, but approved of - the first edition includes a three page interview with the ArtRage team (which reveals a few things I never knew - such as how small it really is!)
The very first edition was published 15th February, 2010. it was intended to be hosted on the Spotbit site, but this went down and they had to host it in a hurry! This also meant the first edition was created as small JPEG files (due to the Spotbit constraints) which won't be the case in future. All future editions are in PDF format and hosted on the ArtRage site itself.
Future plans included rotating volunteers, the best artworks of the month, personal ads, ever more tutorials and of course, success and fame. If you'd like to submit an article or volunteer as an editor or porrfread for a month, read on!
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This magazine has nothing to do with the book below.
It's a good book and a worthy cause, but the only similarity is the name, and the fact that both have art and writing in.
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ARTRAGEus February 2010: issue 1
The E-Magazine by Ragers for Ragers.
List of Contents
- Letter From the Editor - Bobby Ray
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ARTRAGEus Interview with Matt Fox-Wilson / MattRage
by Eileen724
An awesome six page interview that told me a lot more about the ArtRage team than I ever knew before. -
Featured Artist - TonyJazz
by TonyJazz
A bit of backstory and some lovely ArtRage paintings - my favourite is 'Night Landscape', but 'Reflections' is also stunning. -
What is DeviantART?
by Flynn the Cat
Ah yes - that's mine. I wrote this in hurry in response to some questions on the forums about what DeviantART actually was. You can find the ArtRagers on DeviantART here -
The Final Frontier Space Art
by Bobby Ray
A bit about creating space art and some lovely paintings of planets, stars and space. -
I wanna be a Cartoonist
by Jonwood
A great little story about how John became rich and famous (well sort of) and actually started being a cartoonist, complete with... well, cartoons.
You can see more of his work on his website -
Creating Brushes with Sticker Spray
Tutorial by Stimpy
An article about ArtRage Stickers - A very easy to follow tutorial about customising the sticker spray presets with different sticker sheets in ArtRage 3
List of Contents
Please download a copy to your computer and view it from the file you have saved. You can view the magazine from within your web browser. but there's a slight glitch in the formatting of the links within the magazine that forces a new download of the magazine if you hit the "back" button. (Hopefully to be fixed in issue 3)
- ArtRageUS Overview (by the ArtRageUS Volunteer Staff)
- Featured Artist: Pai
- One on One (by Brandogrey)
- Conversation & Artwork (by Brandogrey & Eileen724)
- ArtRage Forum - Tips & Tricks Tutorial Index (by Sunflower)
- Composition Tips and Tricks (by carlcath)
- ArtRage 3 Keyboard Shortcuts (by Alan)
- ArtRage Forum - Art Supplies Index (by Eileen724)
- ArtRage Video Tutorials (by juliediane)
- ArtRage 2.5 Keyboard Shortcuts (by Eileen724)
- Submission Guidelines
- ArtRageUS Volunteers
Pages should be emailed directly to BobbyRay
The Editing Team and Current Openings
Who put it together? The current team for this month
For Issue 2.
1. Team Coordinator.......Bobby Ray Howle (BobbyRay)
2. Team Editing Room Eileen (Eileen724)
3. Team layout Room.....337_Lee
Future Issues
For future issues, the idea is to make this an entirely collaborative magazine - the positions will vary as volunteers are available, and the Team Coordinator role will be passed on to a new rager each month..starting March 15th.
Volunteers are needed for Proofing, Editing, Layouts or making new articles.
Current Openings:
Coordinator for April Issue only.
Volunteers needed in editing, proofing and Layouts.
We are currently accepting ragers articles, paintings and other material for the April and May Issues.
We are trying to get ahead one month so Bobby Ray will be working on the May Issue with a new team and the other Team will be working on the April Issue. This way we are not so pressed to get the mag done in 1 week. After the April Issue is finished we will be 1 month ahead for publications.
Submissions to ARTRAGEus
Getting your articles included in ARTRAGEus!
- Text and images should be sent as separate files. You can include a description or layout design if you wish.
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Text Files can be created in:
#Microsoft Word
# OpenOffice
# WordPerfect
# WordPad (on Windows computers)
# NotePad (on Windows computers)
# e-mail
# TextWriter (on Mac computers)
# any other common word processing program...
(for unusual programs please remember to save in a more standard format - e.g. RTF (rich text format) ) -
Image files should be JPEGS:
* no bigger than 2400 X 3300 px (at 300 DPI or 12 px/mm for those that worry about that kind of thing)
* jpg (at about 85% quality level)
* as a separate file, not embedded into the original text document you submit.
* images not meeting those specs will likely need to be converted to fit into the layout of the e-mag. - Please remember to spell check your written work.
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Don't forget to add your screenname in the forum (if you're a forum member) and your real name (if you wish to be credited)
' by xxxxxx and screenname. ' -
Final date for submissions is the 7th of each month
- late submissions up until the 12th may be accepted. - A free program you can use for PDFs is the Open Office editing suite, but anything you can get your hands on is fine.
- Submissions should be emailed directly to BobbyRay and include in the title "RE: ARTRAGEus Submission"
Submissions Templates
You can download one (or all) of the files below to your computer, and use them as a basic template when creating a document for submission to the ArtRageUS magazine.
This template is optional but very much preferred!
The Best Free Word Editing Programmes
Which are the best word processing programmes you can use?
OpenOffice.org
OpenOffice.org: The Free, Open Source Office Suite0 points
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...in future issues
Should the Artwork Be Watermarked?
Protecting your paintings - or paranoia ruining art?
This is an issue that I thought people should be aware of and have a say on - do you want watermarks on the images in the magazine, or do you want them unmarked?
Just to be clear: This will probably remain up to the artist but if YOU had a choice, what would you choose?
Art theft DOES happen and a free downloadable magazine full of pictures may be treated as free clipart by some - after all, anyone can download it. Watermarks can be discreet, and ArtRage actually has some good layer effects - 'soft light' for example - which help make less obtrusive signatures. Alternatively, there could be a standard watermark for the magazine.
Artwork does get stolen and reused - from mostly harmless printing out, to uploading elsewhere on other art sites and claiming for themselves (this has happened to me, by the way) - to using the images to sell products on Print on Demand sites such as Zazzle. You can sometimes find reused art through TinEye.
On the other hand, it is an art magazine, and the value of protecting the art may damage the enjoyment of the art.
Should the artworks be watermarked?

Yes - watermark it. It's silly not to.
No! I want my pictures free as birds!
Eileen says:
For me, I'm not all that worried about anyone wanting to do anything with my artworks. For some, I see the importance...especially in this day and age!
All Email submissions must include "RE: ARTRAGEus Submission" in the title!
Are you a member of the forums?
The ArtRage community
Relevant Forum Links
Ambient Design Forum Thread about ARTRAGEus
- ArtRageus Submit format NEW 2/23/10 - ArtRage Forums (LATEST INFORMATION)
- ArtRageus Submit format NEW 2/23/10 General Chat
- New Gallery in ArtRageUS E-Magazine
- Great News........ New section: "Artist Portal" Art Gallery
We have set up a new Gallery (for Paintings) in the magazine called "Artist Portal". As you know we are all Artists on all levels and skills. With this in mind we decided to add this gallery of paintings to show your artworks from all Rager Artists levels and skills. - ArtRageUs e-Magazine Volunteers Needed - ArtRage Forums
- ArtRageUs e-Magazine Volunteers Needed General Chat
ARTRAGEus is released on the 15th of each month!
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- Another great page created by the mysterious cat... Well, male or female?
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